Telecommunications in Spain is accomplished through the transmission of information by various types of technologies within
Spain
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Telephones (landline and cellular)
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Telephone
A telephone is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into e ...
s - main lines in use: 18.583 million (2007)
* Telephones - mobile cellular: 48.8 million (2007)
*Telephone system: generally adequate, modern facilities
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**''international:'' 22 coaxial submarine cables;
satellite
A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioi ...
earth stations - 2
Intelsat (1
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
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Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...
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Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to adjacent countries
Radio
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Radio broadcast stations: AM 208, FM 715, shortwave 1 (1998)
*Radios: 13.1 million (1997)
Television
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Television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...
broadcast stations: 228 (plus 2,112 repeaters); note - these figures include 11 television broadcast stations and 89 repeaters in the
Canary Islands (September 1995)
*Televisions: 16.2 million (1997)
Internet
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Internet service provider
An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides services for accessing, using, or participating in the Internet. ISPs can be organized in various forms, such as commercial, community-owned, non-profit, or otherwise privat ...
s (ISPs): 49 (1999)
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Internet host
A network host is a computer or other device connected to a computer network. A host may work as a server offering information resources, services, and applications to users or other hosts on the network. Hosts are assigned at least one network a ...
s: 3,264 million (2008)
*Internet users: 33.7 million (2012)
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Country code
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes (geocodes) developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The term ...
(Top-level domain): ES
See also
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History of telecommunication
The history of telecommunication began with the use of smoke signals and drums in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. In the 1790s, the first fixed semaphore systems emerged in Europe. However, it was not until the 1830s that electrical telecommuni ...
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Internet in Spain
This article is about the Internet in Spain.
History
RETD was the first public data network in the world when it became operational in 1972. It evolved into Iberpac.
Status
* Internet users: 42.40 million users; 91.0% of the population (202 ...
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Media of Spain
Mass media in Spain includes a variety of online, print, and broadcast formats, such as radio, television, newspapers, and magazines.
Mass media groups
A list of the main mass media groups is presented as follows:
Books
Magazines
Many in ...
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Television in Spain
Television in Spain was introduced in 1956, when the national state-owned public service television broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE) started regular analog free-to-air terrestrial black and white broadcasts. Colour transmissions started in ...
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Radio in Spain
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Newspapers in Spain
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Outline of telecommunication
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to telecommunication:
Telecommunication – the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. In modern times, this process almost always invo ...
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Telefónica
Telefónica, S.A. () is a Spanish multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It is one of the largest telephone operators and mobile network providers in the world. It provides fixed and mobile telephony, broadba ...
References
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